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An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.

the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. -- Es`pe*ran"tist (#), n.

That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of…

the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and friggot.]

Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson.

A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis.

speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

ion of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.

ters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.

That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.

ng a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.

That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling. [Obs.] Feltham.

tery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.

ad been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. [In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17.

To deceive by trick or artifice. Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries Shak.

To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser.